Was June Brown married and who was her husband?
EASTENDERS fans were left devastated when Dot Cotton actress June Brown passed away at the age of 95.
Away from the soap, her fans often wondered if she was married during her incredible life.
Was June Brown married?
June was married twice during her life, and wed her first husband John Garley in 1950.
The couple were only married for seven years before he passed away in 1957.
Widow June met her second husband, Robert Arnold, shortly after and they married in 1958.
The pair were together for 45 years until his death in 2003.
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Who was John Garley?
June met and married actor John Garley when she was 23 years old.
The couple met when they were taken on as company members at the Old Vic.
He was best known for Sara Crewe (1951), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Black Arrow (1951).
From 1952 to 53 he played milkman Joe in the TV series The Appleyards.
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Garley suffered with depression and tragically took his life by gassing himself in 1957.
June had previously opened up about how she blamed herself for her husband's death as she gave him money in case their gas meter ran out.
June revealed in 2017: "I walked into the bedroom and there was Johnny, lying on the bed, the gas fire propped up next to him.
"I’d got him breathing again but it was obvious he’d suffered severe brain damage."
"I didn’t want to think that if I hadn’t left him the one and eight pence he wouldn’t have been able to do it.".
John died in hospital three days later on May 8, 1957, at the age of 30.
Who was Robert Arnold?
June married stage actor Robert Arnold in 1958, a year after John's death.
Arnold met June when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. appearing in several productions together
He became a household name for his role as PC Reginald Swain in Dixon Of Dock Green, which was Britain's longest-running police series.
He starred in 132 episodes.
He went on to appear in an episode of Fawlty Towers in 1979 and US drama Dynasty in 1982.
The couple were married for 45 years, and lived in Folkestone, Kent.
They were together until he died in 2003 of Lewy-body dementia, a disease which affects the brain causing problems with thinking, movement, behaviour, and mood.
Did June Brown have any children?
Brown had six children from her marriage to Robert.
These include four daughters - Louise, born in 1959, Sophie, born in 1961, Naomi, who arrived in 1966, and Chloe, who was born prematurely in 1960.
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Chloe sadly passed away in infancy after she was born at 28 weeks.
June had one son, William, who was born in 1962.
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